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Topic
Board Group buys
Re: ASICMiner Block Erupter USB group buy (US/Canada)
by
mr2dave
on 28/05/2013, 23:46:30 UTC
mineforeman is working on an update which will make these USB sticks plug & play, but until then, here's how I got minepeon beta 1 working with them now. *There may be a better way, this is just how I did it.

At the command line:
1. type (or copy/paste)
Code:
sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/bfgminer.service
Now you're looking at a simple text editor
2. use the down arrow to find the line that starts with "ExecStart=" This is the command that will start bfgminer
3. on that line, use the right arrow to find "bfgminer -S auto"
4. change "-S auto" to "-S /dev/ttyUSB0" for a single miner, or "-S /dev/ttyUSB0 -S /dev/ttyUSB1" etc for multiple sticks
5. press ctrl+x to exit. nano will ask if you want to save your changes, press y.
6. type
Code:
sudo systemctl stop cgminer.service
(Stops cgminer)
7. type
Code:
sudo systemctl disable cgminer.service
(Stops cgminer from starting at boot)
8. type
Code:
sudo systemctl enable bfgminer.service
(Makes bfgminer start at boot)
9. type
Code:
sudo systemctl start bfgminer.service
(Starts bfgminer) You should now be mining, use the next steps to check
10. type
Code:
sudo screen -r
to display the miner's console interface, check to make sure it's mining
11. hold ctrl and tap a then d to exit back to the prompt without killing bfgminer

If you have any trouble, feel free to PM me. I'll provide as much help as I'm able.